Fan belt



A. HENNIGAN.

FAN BELT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4,1921.

1,414,27 8. ed Apr. 25, 1922.

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Y T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT HENNIGAN, a

Y I citizen of the United vStates, residing at Y wvithstand the rough uses to which such beltsl .Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fan Belts, of which thefollowing is a specification. Y

' My presentinventionpertains to'fan belts such as are used in connection with the fan of an internal combustion engine and particularly the belt that is used to drive the fan of such engines of tractors or heavy trucks, and it contemplates the provision of la'belt that is simple and inexpensive to produce and one that is durable and well able to are usually subjected.

The invention in allot itslcletails win be I fully understood from the following description and claims when the same are read in' connection with the drawings accompanying and forming part of jthis specification, 1n

which o I V, F igure, 1 lSfL'YSlClB elevation of my novel belt and'showin g a portion thereof in see; tion. 1

Figure 2 is a view taken on the plane in-' dicated by the line 2+2 in Figure 1. Figure 3 is adetailfview of my novel chain attaching plate Y p Y Figure 4: is afview taken in the plane indicated by the line,4 4 of Figure 1.

Similar fnumeralsfof reference designate corresponding parts in: all of the views of the'drawings.- I v My novel belt comprises the continuous section 1 of-leather or, othersuitable mate rial and the endsof the section 1 are re-r tained in the proper position bymeans of the plates 4 and 5 and by reference to Figurel' particularly itwill be noted that the said plates 4 "and 5. are securedto each other by means of the bolts '7 p a Resting upon the section land extending slightly to thesides of the joint thereof are the plates 6 provided with thehook 8 and eye 8*. As will be seen'by the drawing these plates 6 are provided with apertures; Y that receivethe bolts 7 and thefboltstf which bolts 6 terminate and bear'on the plates4and5. '1

- As will be readily seen by reference to have a central aperture and above the sec tion 2 I arrange the continuous section 3 and hence it will be apparent that a channel or for securing the terial manner the. section 1.

In Figure 1a win-be noted that mane i if I I Patenteam... ;-;1e2.2. 7 Application filed Jtne ,1 21;.-sma1 no 475,073." o l 1 Q be formed completely through out itheglength of thebelt, between sections E the reinforcingbolts 9 and at equi ist point's' throughoutj thelength of the belt I I I secure to the section *1 the leather portions 10 by meansl'of boltsll andthese portions:

10 are beveled on; their' outer faces as shown;

' In the P ee use y invention, the fieeends of e Section l' are placed inabut-J" ting position: and the plates6' are arranged over-the meeting'ends thereof. The' chain is then secured to the hook 8 and then the v bolts 6 and '7 are properly positioned 'with the bolts? extendlng througheach: of the plates 4. and 5. This will produce a; con tinuous' belt and irrespective of the strain; that is placed on'the'belt the chainwillpreventfsnapping or breaking thereof. 1 The 1 1 leather portionslO willalso prevent slipping shaft and thev of the belt about the flywheel driving shaft of the motor. 7

i It will be gathered from th fQl'egoing 2 that Y1 withstanding e terrific strain tha is imposed upon the'belt as a whole the-con-- struction of the 'retainingplates and the chain are such-that breaking ofthe beltis efl'ectually precluded and if ,for any reason" the boelt' should break the esame'may be a Y quickly and easily; repaired. without theemv 5.1 2*

,Having-"dscribedaimyinvention; jwhat I a claim and toj'secureby Letters-Patent I.

ployment of skilledlabor; Y a

is:f 1-. In a ous' section, a plate arrange t M 2. a belt, the combinationof a continuous section of-material, ,a channel formed in belt, the ;combination of atcontinu i i v 1 side ofthe meeting end thereofta platerestj' I in'g 'above'the meeting ends thereof, .asection having a centralxchannel therein, aplate ar- 'rangedabovethe sectiom' anotherplatearr ranged above the. last named plate; means A lates and the; continuous Y 5 section to each ot er and meansfresting in I the channelandsecured'to'one of the plates. 1 Figures 2 and 4 I provide the sections 2 that iie one.portion of t-hematerial near itsmeeting Y o t ends, aiplate, adapted fto rest onfthe mat'ev rial andv m er the mee t mg end s thereof, a I testimeny Whereef I havehei eunto set 'seeoncl plate arranged below the material -my hand in pl esenee of t wo subscribing ing the plates to each other, studs extending. v

at the meeting ehdstheree f, 'belts f'o'r Securwifinesse'si 1' v r I I V a ALBERT HENNIGAN. from one m the other of the plates and re- 'jWitnesses: r V

ihforcing means secured to' the studs "andf 1 LEON F; BEiIDIX,

resting-in the channel-efthe material. HENRY G. F RIOKE. 

